The following main remarkable places will allow you to make the historic tour of Hurepoix, while relaxing you physically and gastronomically !
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 the map of Hurepoix.
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Arpajon : Hall in oak of XVth century, church (apse and tower of XIIIth century), old houses, Freising's gardens and craft cooked pork meats.
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Brétigny sur Orge : One of the capitals of French aeronautics with its Flight test centre (CEV) - Gabriel CHEVRIER - Lucien CLAUSE
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Cheptainville : Breeding of DouDou (cheese dairy and dairy products), the island of birds (ornithologic garden)
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Courson-Monteloup : Domain (castle, stables, park of XVIIth century)
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Dourdan : Castle of XIIIth century, museum, hall reconstructed in XIXth century, parks, ponds, laundries, farm of the hamlet of Rouillon and weaving mill-patchwork.
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Fontenay-lès-Briis : Domain of Soucy-Bel-Air (honey and products of the hive)
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Gif sur Yvette : Aquagif : wave swimming pool, huge slide...
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Lardy : Park Broussard, bridge of the Beech of XVIIth century on Juine, church of XIIth and XVth century and the bread of Pierre (biologic and leavened bread).
A jaunt around Lardy
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Le Val-Saint-Germain : The castle of Marais (ornamental lakes, museum, orangery...), valley of Rémarde...
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Limours en Hurepoix : The Saint-Pierre church built in 1090 per Geoffroy, bishop of Paris - The terminus of an experimental line of hovertrain.
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Marolles en Hurepoix : Invitation with a walk distracting in the streets and on the ways from the old village of Marolles.
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Ollainville : Full fealds vegetables of J.J. Ravet
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Orsay : The City of Sciences and Research.
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Saint Chéron : Boileau, the father Rapin, Huet, La Fontaine and Racine remained in the castle of Baville. Doctor Regnier, Fresnel, Mérimée, and the Ciceri decorator lived or remained in Saint-Chéron in XIXth century.
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Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard : Domain (castle, park, kitchen garden and dovecote of XVIIth siècle)
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Saint-Sulpice-de-Favières : Church of XIIIth and XIVth century (choir, windows of stained glasses)...
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Vert-le-Grand : The roses of Hurepoix (horticulture), the garden of the maraicher (vegetables of full fields), the farm of small Charles and the farm of Fourneaux (poultry farmers)
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Villiers-le-Bâcle : Villiers's educational farm
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Page realized thanks to the Local Committee of the Tourism of the Essonne, and to the Association Products and Soil the Essonne - Island of France.
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Please, find this information about the site Tourisme-Essonne et Terroir-Essonne.
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